Division III Coaches Poll for March 20, 2017

By IWLCA Admin, 03/20/17, 1:00PM EDT

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March 20, 2017

2017 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – March 20, 2017

The Middlebury Panthers (4-0) collected 18 of 20 first-place votes to land at the top of the IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll this week. Gettysburg (6-0) moved into the second position, followed by The College of New Jersey (3-0) at number three, and Franklin & Marshall (4-1) and Washington and Lee (6-1), who are tied in fourth place. Cortland (#6) and York (#8) each moved up a spot, while Trinity (#7) and Catholic (#9) each slipped out of the top five; #10 Salisbury retained their spot to round out the top ten teams. The back half of the poll is populated by many of the same teams as last week, with the exception of Hamilton, who lands at #18 knocking Wesleyan out.

There are several top-twenty match-ups this week, starting with #14 St. John Fisher at #17 William Smith on Tuesday. Gettysburg (#2) hosts York (#8), and Ithaca (#13) welcomes #6 Cortland on Wednesday, but the majority of the action takes place this weekend. Saturday’s big games include #18 Hamilton against #19 Amherst, #15 Bowdoin hosting top-ranked Middlebury, and York (#8) versus #16 Mary Washington. Finally, Franklin & Marshall (#T-4) hosts #10 Salisbury on Sunday to wrap things up.

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

Record

Last Poll

1

Middlebury

398

18

4-0

1

2

Gettysburg

381

2

6-0

3

3

TCNJ

346

3-0

4

T-4

Franklin & Marshall

320

4-1

6

T-4

Washington and Lee

320

6-1

8

6

SUNY Cortland

301

3-1

7

7

Trinity (CT)

283

5-1

2

8

York (PA)

255

4-1

9

9

Catholic

246

3-2

5

10

Salisbury

222

5-2

10

11

Messiah

169

3-2

12

12

Brockport

164

4-0

11

13

Ithaca

127

4-1

17

14

St. John Fisher

123

3-0

13

15

Bowdoin

113

3-1

14

16

Mary Washington

108

5-3

16

17

William Smith

84

4-1

19

18

Hamilton

70

2-3

RV

T-19

Amherst

45

2-2

15

T-19

Colby

45

2-2

20

RV

Wesleyan (CT)

4-2

18

RV

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

6-1

NR

The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on March 27.